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A photograph of Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer (1864-1927) who infamously ordered his men to shoot upon an unarmed crowd killing hundreds and wounding over 1,500 men women and children in the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of 1919 in Amritsar...

Painting by Reginald Arthur from 1892 CE, depicting the legendary death of Cleopatra by snakebite.

A modern painting showing the voyage of the 5th century CE Irish monk Saint Brendan, as told in the 'Navigatio Sancti Brendani abbatis'. Artist: Edward Reginald Frampton. (Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, USA)

A modern mural showing a scene of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of 1919 in Amritsar, India. Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer (1864-1927) had infamously ordered his men to shoot upon an unarmed crowd killing hundreds and wounding over 1,500...

This pottery cup was wheel-made and unpainted. It has a pointed base. Excavated by Robin Hamilton and Reginald Thompson in 1930-1931 season. Ninevite 5 period, 2750-2500 BCE. From Nineveh, northern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (The British...

A map of the Roman Empire, circa 350 CE, showing its Dioceses, the administrative divisions of the late Roman Empire. The diocese was introduced by emperor Diocletian to supplant the province as administrative unit of the empire.

The 13 April 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (aka Amritsar Massacre) was an infamous episode of brutality which saw General Dyer order his troops to open fire on an unarmed crowd of men, women, and children trapped in an abandoned walled garden...

Mary I of England reigned as queen from 1553 to 1558 CE. The eldest daughter of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) with Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536 CE), she restored Catholicism in England while her persecution of Protestants led...

The Supermarine Spitfire was a single-seater fighter plane, one of the most important aircraft of the Second World War (1939-45). Employed by the Royal Air Force in such crucial encounters as the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940, the...

Thomas Becket (aka Thomas á Becket) was chancellor to Henry II of England (r. 1154-1189) and then archbishop of Canterbury (1162 to 1170). Thomas repeatedly clashed with his sovereign over the relationship between the Crown and Church, particularly...